NYC worker flies drone into man riding Citi Bike: lawsuit

A drone has blown up this man’s wedding ceremony plans.

Amit Kumar, 36, a Queens native, was on the town to inform his household he was getting married — however then was smashed within the face by a drone allegedly flown by a metropolis worker, and needed to postpone the nuptials, in response to a Manhattan Supreme Court docket lawsuit.

He was using a Citi Bike close to Madison Sq. Park on Might 26 “when out of nowhere, a drone hit me immediately in my left eye, slicing by it,” he advised The Submit in a press release. “Having been by a number of surgical procedures and with extra to come back, my imaginative and prescient continues to be considerably impaired. It has been devastating to me and my household.”

Kumar, a senior tax accountant who now lives in Chicago, was to fulfill his fiancee the subsequent day and provides his household invites to their wedding ceremony.

The drone, which Kumar contends is owned by the town, was being operated by Steven Blanco, 47, who, in response to SeeThroughNY, works as a metropolis well being inspector.

It’s unclear whether or not Blanco was working the system as a part of his job, or why he would have wanted to.

Drone copter flying with digital camera.
Kumar needed to postpone the nuptials due to the drone accident, he stated.
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The weird incident compelled Kumar and his fiancee to postpone their wedding ceremony indefinitely, stated his lawyer, Nathan Werksman.

“How does one thing this horrific occur in New York Metropolis? At this level, we've got extra questions than solutions,” he stated. “We sit up for attending to the underside of it with this lawsuit and acquiring justice for Mr. Kumar.”

The town didn't instantly reply to a request for remark. Blanco didn’t return messages. 

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